Professor to examine XP source code
Lee Hollaar, a computer expert and professor at the University of Utah, will be allowed to examine the source code for Windows XP in the antitrust case being pursued by New York and other states against Microsoft. In granting a motion brought by the states to compel production of the source code, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly named Hollaar as one of the experts that will be permitted to look at the code for purposes of the trial. Other experts will also be allowed to look at the code, but they have yet to be named. Hollaar was named as an expert witness for Bristol Technology in an antitrust case brought by that company against Microsoft. Microsoft settled the case in 2001 for an undisclosed sum.
Lee Hollaar, a computer expert and professor at the University of Utah, will be allowed to examine the source code for Windows XP in the antitrust case being pursued by New York and other states against Microsoft. In granting a motion brought by the states to compel production of the source code, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly named Hollaar as one of the experts that will be permitted to look at the code for purposes of the trial. Other experts will also be allowed to look at the code, but they have yet to be named. Hollaar was named as an expert witness for Bristol Technology in an antitrust case brought by that company against Microsoft. Microsoft settled the case in 2001 for an undisclosed sum.